[Rwp] How does eq works - cutting frequencies off guitar amp tracks.

[Scott Chesworth]

I started out EQ-ing on hardware mixers, and as a consequence never
had a clue about numbers. When I switched over to DAWs, I thought I'd
learn the numbers on the go by finding presets I liked, then examining
the parameters of those presets to see what was happening under the
hood. In actuallity, all I was doing was building up a collection of
presets I liked spread across a bunch of different EQ plugins, so
unless you have more resolve than me, don't try learning that way lol.
I think Chris is spot on with the suggestion to take a sound you're
very familiar with, insert an EQ plugin on that, boost the gain and
then sweep up and down the frequency spectrum to figure out what stuff
sounds like. Start with broad strokes, for example, if you can tell
the difference between a 3K and 5K boost, give yourself a pat on the
back. Soon enough you'll narrow it down to being able to tell the
difference between 3K and 4K, and so on and so forth. ReaEQ is a
decent plugin IMO, and is very usable via the parameters dialog you'll
get by hitting Shift+P.

Also, if you've got anything that runs iOS, once you become vaguely
familiar with what the frequency spectrum sounds like, there's an app
called QuizTones that's a fun way to practice identifying cuts and
boosts applied to songs taken from your music library.

And that's about it. Practice practice practice.

Hth a bit

Scott

On 3/3/16, Chris Smart <csmart8 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
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>>How did the rest of you learn to use an equalizer, and eventually,
>>learn to recognize various parts of the audible spectrum? Am I way
>>off with my suggestions? I realize we all learn this stuff differently.
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